I'm excited to announce that I'll be teaching with Creative JumpStart (CJS) 2021. This year CJS is celebrating its 10th Anniversary and is bigger than ever! If you're not familiar with CJS, ...
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I started a book cover design project to keep myself busy during the pandemic. Here are a few of my favorite designs. For both of these covers I combined my original art with a real book an...
There is beauty everywhere, you just have to be open to the idea that beauty has different meanings. This photo, with the exception of straightening it a little, is right out of the camera. ...
http://cmscanlon.blogspot.com/2020/08/beauty-in-everything.html
This is what you see when people talk about their lives and post things on social media. This is the reality, everything’s just a little messy for everyone even though it doesn’t look...
I have a nice Canon DSLR — but my iPhone takes great shots too. I just love this quick mouse’s view of a mushroom!
There’s no question in anyone’s mind that the last several months have been hard on nearly everyone. I am grateful that I live in a place where I can get outside everyday and find comfort and...
This beautiful bee was on the railing of my back porch, obviously struggling to live. I squirted out some organic honey thinking it would help give him strength, he perked immediately up and ...
The Best of Creative JumpStart Vol. 3 is the third collection of CJS video lessons from the archives. You will receive links to 12 downloadable video lessons from Creative JumpStart 2017 ...
One of the pages from my coloring book from a few years ago. I turned the colored image into some greeting cards and love how they turned out. If you like to color, and you live local – – you...
Peony season is over and I'm thankful for it this year and every year. I cut 17 large bouquets (with 6 blooms) and 6 large bouquets with 12 to 14 and 1 extra large bouquet with 21 blooms. See you...
http://cmscanlon.blogspot.com/2020/07/thank-you-for-beautiful-season.html
I created a fun silk scarf using DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics, it's easy to make and fun to get all messy! Click on either of the photos and jump on over to the DECOART MEDIA BLOG to chec...
http://cmscanlon.blogspot.com/2018/02/deco-art-silk-scarf.html
The beauty of nature really embodies this quote, how lovely the silence of growing things. Nature is perfect for every single person: a deaf person can see the beauty, a blind person they ca...
http://cmscanlon.blogspot.com/2017/08/sustainable-souls-project.html
I'm so blessed to have talented friends that like my stamps! The lovely Michelle Borsack of Bellissima Cards is featuring my stamps this whole week -- she has created some beautiful cards tha...
Writing a book is a lot like having a child. You carry it with you in your mind for months, even years for some. You work on making it perfect, wondering if the world will love it as MUCH as you ...
http://cmscanlon.blogspot.com/2017/06/book-review-artful-adventures-in-mixed.html
I have had so many people tell me that they love Daily PaintWorks that I thought I'd give it a try. I've listed a few of my latest 5x7 Paintings there, hope you'll take a look! Click to Bu...
Here we are at week 5 and our last post for the special presentation of the Whatevers Three! It's hard to believe a whole month has gone by and we've shared 5 fun pictures with you. I have r...
http://cmscanlon.blogspot.com/2017/05/in-end-creative-storytelling.html
I have been so excited that our 2 year long project from a few years ago, The Whatevers made it on the cover of the May/June Cloth, Paper Scissors magazine. It's been hard to keep it a sec...
http://cmscanlon.blogspot.com/2017/05/creative-storytelling-were-bringing.html
Four years ago I taught an on-line class at My Creative Classroom called Creative Storytelling, it coincided with the Whatevers Project that Nat Kalbach, Vicki Chrisman and myself were working on...
http://cmscanlon.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-whatevers-journey-into-creative.html
I'm excited to announce that I'll be participating as an artist in Creative JumpStart (CJS) 2017, run for the 6th time by Nathalie Kalbach. If you're not familiar with CJS, it's a one-of-a-ki...
http://cmscanlon.blogspot.com/2016/11/big-announcement-creative-jumpstart.html